Leon Panetta said...

I think the problem was that it was very difficult to try to find out exactly--when you say the Iraqi position, what exactly the Iraqi position was at that point.

Context

Panetta discusses the complexities of understanding the Iraqi government's stance on U.S. forces.

01/30/2013

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